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Friday, 8 February 2013

[I’m reminded of another Law of History that I postulated some time ago: Whatever we give the Arabs – be it land, authority, weapons or the trappings of Democracy – they will eventually turnaround and use them against us. df]

Omar Barghouti, the founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, told a forum that critics of the school’s political science department, who sponsored the event, were suppressing free speech and that 'we’re witnessing the rise of a new McCarthyism.' He also too criticized Mayor Bloomberg's support for the school's freedom to host the gathering.